Gasometer



Nov. 1, 1932. JAGSCHITZ 1,886,101

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' GASOMETER Filed July 22, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Invenzor KO/V/F/ID Jwsomrz Patented Nov. 1, 1932 warren PATENT. orrica.

- KONR-AD JAGSOHITZ, OF MAINZ, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO MASCHINENIEABRIK AUGSBTJ'RG-EUEBNBEBG A.-G-., F NUBEMBERG, GEE-MANY, A CORPORATION OF GER- MANY ' eAsoMn-rnn Application filed July 2-2, 1929, Serial No. 380,005, and in Germany July 30, 1928.

My invention relates to gasometers'of the telescoping type, and in particular to telescoping gasometers provided with sliding seals carried by the gasometer sections or bells and adapted to slide against the inner or the outer surfaces of the adjacent. overlapping bell to seal such bells against the escape of gas from the interior of the gasometer.

In telescoping gasometers provided with sliding seals between the individual bells, it is necessary that the latter be provided with smooth surfaces in order that the sealing means may slide upon the same without obstruction and the seals thus remain unbroken. Consequently where such sliding seals are to be employed, it becomes inad visable, if not entirely impracticable, so to construct the gasometer sections that projecting rivet heads, horizontal overlapping of the plates of which the bells are composed, etc. occur, as the continuity and gas-tight character of the seals are disturbed thereby. One way out of the difilculty, it might appear, would be to build up the gasometer sections by welding the individual plates to each other, but this construction is insecure and diiiicult to accomplish because of the thinness of the plates commonly used. Thicker plates may, of course, be employed but it is uneconomical to use them merely for the sake of convenience in construction;

The present invention has for one of its objects to provide a gasometer construction which overcomes these difficulties in a simple and economical manner, and at the same time presents a solution of the problem of mutually guiding the gasometer sections within each other, tl ereby making superfluous the use of special guiding frame works.

In its broader aspect the present invention relates to the sealing, guiding and reinforcing of telescopic gasometers, whether of the vertically or spirally moving type. The present invention aims essentially to simplify the construction of gasorneters of this type and at the same time insure their complete reliability in operation. It is an important object of the invention to so construct the individual bells of the gasometer and the seals associated therewith, that certain parts, includingthe seals, perform a plurality of functions, so that the number of constructional elements is considerably reduced.

The present invention employs the known construction wherein the individual annular bells of the gasometer are built up of plates which are of the height of such bells. As a result, there are no horizontally extending joints. and the rows of rivets run only from top to bottom, i. e. in the direction of movement of the gasometer bells. In accordance with the present invention I apply reinforcing bars in the form of posts toboth sides of the joints, such reinforcing bars making it possible to utilize sunken rivets even with very thin plates as they serve to receive the sunken rivet heads these bars serve in addition to stiffen the gasometer' bells, and also to act as guides for the latter duringv their rising and falling movement, as explained hereinbelow. As these iron reinforcing bars have smooth surfaces and'extend in the direction of movement of the gasometer bells, they can penetrate the seals in such manner that the proper operation of the latter is not disturbed... For this purpose, suitable cutouts are provided in the packing rings of the seal, against which cut-outs the reinforcing bars, and consequently the gasometer bells,

are simultaneously guided.

In the accompanying drawings are shown by way of example two embodiments of the invention. In said drawings, Fig. 1 is a; view in elevation, partly in section, of a telescoping gasometer composed of two bells and a bottom tank and constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a detail on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 illustrates the application of my invention in connection with a spirallyp'uided telescopic gasometer and Fig. l is a detail of Fig. 3 on an enlarged scale.

The gasometer shown in Fig. l is composed of two bells 0, b, and a bottom tank a which is fixed upon the ground, the two bells being movable vertically to vary the capacity of the gasometer. The gasometer bells and tank are sealed against one another by the sliding seals d and e. Each of these seals consists of an upper packing ring f or f, a lower packin ring 9 or g and a packing material con ned between these rings. The packing material may for example consist of a semi-solid grease which simultaneously serves to lubricate the surfaces against which the seals slide. The bells and tank are built up of rectangular metal lates 1 equal in bi ht to the respective ll or tank, the join s between the plates extending in the direction of movement of the bells, i. e. vertically; the rivets 1' connecting these plates are consequently arranged in rows extending in the direction of movement of the gasometer.

In order to insure a perfect seal between adjacent gasometer bells, and between the lewest bell and the tank, it is necessary that the contacting surfaces be as smooth as possible. This is not possible when rivets with raised heads are employed, as has heretofore the practice. In accordance with the present invention bars or rails h and z are applied both at the interior and at the exterior of the joints between the plates, and the latter then riveted with sunken rivets 'r so that the outer surfaces of such bars are completely smooth. This construction is shown more clearly in Fig. 2. It will be seen 051 this figumthat both the inner and the outer of any two adjacent gasometer bells provided with the bars h and i. The peeking rings fand g shown in this figure am out out as indicated at k to receive the bare k. The fitting between the bars [2. and cut-mite k is madeas close as possible so that the $eape of gas or of sealing fluid is prevented, whileat the same time the bars, and consequently the gasometer bells to which they are connected, are guided in their vertloal movement. The bars h and i may be made of sufiicient thickness to serve as reinforcing means so that if desired thinner plains may be used than could safely be emwithout such bars. It will be understood that the bars h penetrate and extend through the associated seal as indicated in Fig. 2.- These bars accordingly serve the triple function of providing a smooth surface for contact with the seals so as to form signs-tight and grease-tight joint therewith, ofiacting as guide rails or posts to guide the gasometer bells in their telescoping movement, and finally, of reinforcing means for the several bells and the bottom tank. It will also be clear that the rings f, g, f, g, aside from their sealing function, serve also as guides. for the bars h. Where a sliding seal is not employed, rings similar to the seolin rings, or ring segments, may be employed to guide the bars In the case of telemoping gasometers of the type whose bells are guided for spiral movement, such-asshown in Fig. 3, the rows of 112. i i. a. NM Hun" u rivets and the reinforcing iron bars I and o are arranged in the direction of such spiral movement. The packing rings for the gasometer sections are indicated at m and n, and at m and n. The cut-outs in these packing rings must lie along the spiral followed by the gasometer belis in their upward and downward movement and are therefore inclined to the vertical as shown at g, g in Fig. 4. As the bars Z and 0 are curved along the same spiral, they slide smoothly in these cutouts and so form a continuously tight seal therewith. As in the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the engagement of the bars within the cut outs in the packing rings of the seals provides a simple, efficient and reliable guiding of the gasometer bells in their telescoping movements.

The plates p of which the bells and tank are composed are, like the plates shown in Fig. 1, equal in height to the height of such bells or tanks. This construction has the advantage over bells composed of two or more rings of plates that horizontal rows of rivets are eliminated and the sealing of the bells thereb simplified.

In t e embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 3 there have been illustrated by way of example telescopic gasometers in which each upper bell is of greater diameter than the next lower bell or the tank. The present invention, however, may be embodied with equal advantage in telescopic gasometers in which each upper bell is of smaller diameter than the next lower bell or tank. As the application of the present invention to gasometers of this latter type involves no departure from the principles above disclosed, illustration of the same is not considered to be necessary.

Variations from the specific forms of the invention illustrated may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A telescopic gasometer of the spirally moving type, comprising a plurality of bells, each composed of a plurality of joined plates equal in height to their respective bells, said plates being so formed that the joints therebetween lie along a spiral parallel to that followed by the bells in their telescoping movements reinforcing bars located at the joints of said plates and likewise extending along said spiral, and rivets passing through said bars and plates and connectin the same, said rivets being sunken to maintain the surfaces of said bars smooth for engagement by a sealing or guiding means.

2. A telescopic gasometer comprising a plurality of bells, each composed of riveted plates equal in height to their respective bells, said plates being so formed that the joints therebetween lie along a line parallel to the direction or movement of said bells, reinforcing bars located at the joints of said plates and likewise extending along such line, sunken rivets connecting the plates to each other and to said bars, the faces of the bars receiving the rivet heads being thereby maintained substantially smooth, and a guiding element located on one of each pair of adjacent bells and cooperating with the bars of the adjacent bell to guide the bells in their telescoping movements.

3. A telescopic gasom-eter comprising a plurality of bells, each composed of riveted plates equal in height to their respective bells, said plates being so formed that the joints therebetween lie along a line parallel to the direction of movement of said bells, reinforcing bars located at the joints of said plates and likewise extending along such line, sunken rivets connecting the plates to each other and to said bars, the faces of the bars receiving the rivet heads being thereby maintained substantially smooth, slidable sealing means carried by one of each pair of adjacent bells and positioned between such bells, said sealing means comprising spaced packing rings adapted to receive a sealing material in the space therebetween, said rings being provided with cut-outs of the outline of said bars to receive the latter, whereby the gasometer bells are guided in their telescoping movements by the engagement of such bars in said cutouts and the seals between adjacent bells are undisturbed.

4. A telescopic gasometer comprising a plurality of bells each composed of individual plates of the height of the respective bells, rows of rivets connecting said plates, rein forcing bars at the joints of the plates, said bars receiving said rows of rivets and said joints and bars extending in the direction of movement of the bells, said rivets being sunken to maintain the outer surfaces of said bars substantially smooth, and a sliding sea-l between each pair of adjacent bells and including a sealing ring carried by one of such bells, the sealing rings being provided with cutouts for receiving the bars of the adjacent bell, whereby the gasometer bells are strengthened by said bars and are guided by the engagement of such bars in said cut-outs.

Signed at Munich, Germany, this 11th day of July, A. D. 19:29.

KONRAD JAGSGHITZ. 

